Mail-pouch delivering and receiving apparatus.



i A. HUPP.

lill POUOK DELIVEBIIG AND RECEIVING APPARATUS.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 1.-

1 A.v HUPP. MAIL POUCH DBLIYBBING LND RECEIVING APPARATUS.

903,3. 'union-lol nu un'. 15; 1m. Patented Non lo' 19'08- Iso MArm'roUcH nE'LrvEnx'No' No RECEIVING MPARATUS.

Tool] whom it may'com'ern:

Be it known' that I, ALBERT Hure, a citi' zen of the United States, vresiding at Kansns City; in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, Vhave-invented certnin new and useful Improvemets'in Muilllouch Deliverin and-Receiving Aiparatu's, of which the ollowing` is u speeitlicntion.

This invent-ion rel`a tes to mail pouch catching nnd"deli\eriiig 'apparatus of that char- 'ncter whereby Tumi" pouches 'tire nutomuticully transferred 'from a moving trein "tou stution- :ind Viceversa, und my' oh]ect' is to will operate' efficiently und reliably without injury to tl1e iionc'lie.-: or`their 'contents and irrespective of the* speed of tl1e"t rz 1 i rr delivering or reeeivir'1 ,f ,r or both delivering and rel een'ing the pouches.

A further object to of 1the characteroutlined, which isof simple, st|"ong,duruhle and inexpensive. con-v eunbmlyiug my invention. with u inni cnr of standard type in lrorizoutul section. l"ig."2, is n side View of'the s'uue.v I "ig, 3,"15 an end View with tbe our' infrross section. Fig, 4, is un end View showing u slightly modified forni of .the stution mail crane. Fi'g'. 5, is

un enlarged veijticn'lsection on the dotted llneV of Fig. l, but' showing more clearly .the eonst'ruetion v l 1ereby the mail re'oel'ving tub' is` [of-kedin opened or closed insi tion. 'Fig s u horizontal section o the reeeirng'end o'f one of vtbe tubesto dist-lose.

the type of spring-closed doors` with which the reeeivu'ig endsofull ofth'etnlws nmy be equip ed.' ig. ls :t horlzontul seetlon of u mull Veur efuiippeylf with door openings specmc'mo'n at Letters Patent. Application med sapnmbr. u, isos'. sai-u1 N0. 453,140.

vtubes of slightlfy dtli'ye l particu rly referred to. By preference tube" produce apparatus 'l, ns ti tend to'deflect thelnzti towurd vertical centers of the mouths ot said 'nrms, ns hereinafter-.more pzutieulatrly' referred to, it being understood hy reference...4` to Fig'. 2,'tlmt the cutting blndesprojeft. be-

" Patented Nov. 1o, 190s.

ut its ends and with mail-pouch-re'ceiying 8, is n vertice section on the line VIII-"- VIII of Fig. 7. Fig. 9, is n-n inner face view of the tube construction shown in Figs. T and 8.

In the Suid drawings, 1 indicates ain-'upg' i right tube of suitable proportions to receive 'und hold n number of mail pouches at n time,

there being one of'these tubes nt eficli'sta- :tionrwhere muil isldcli'rered from o: moving trnin. The tube 1 is formed at its u per en with o'bent extension or "nrm 2,.suid 4nd be ving inward and upward toward the-path of the mail cars and then luteriilly so that' its' 'open end shall disposed .in position to reeeiveinail pouches carried by thevtrain `for to said the, as hereinafter more 1"will be equipped with :l 'pair of arms 2, having ,their laterally projecting bends disposedjn oppositedirections so tl in either direct-ion. Ifjdeired the receivin ends of the tube arms mnybe equipped wit spring-closed doors 3 desirable chiefly1 as it menns for exelnding`- wind, ruin and 4snow from the tubes.

upper and lower sides ofthe tuhenrmsQ, euch binde having two cuttin convergeinwardly 11S shown c eur \,f.iri'l "l| g.i

'pouches yondjhemouths of saidrms 'to insure' the "severunee ofiheI sup )orteil for fthe mail -'pouches in the plaine, o

sides of said arms-l I .:(`)wiug to the' peculiar configurntio ofthe (op and arms 2,*tile ni'u'il pouches-'in passing therethrough nri offered eonsiderulde'fljietionn-lresistance 4so as 'to gradually urrest: their "nmvenienb They will enter the tube l, how-1 ever, nt eonsidemble spk-ed and inorder to avoid injuring themor their contents us they n re arrested nt the bottom of tube i,'th e lutfr 4ter is equipped nezu' its lower end 'wlth n bull'm' 5 mounted' upon u spring 6, and to' A n t-the tube'l n iny lreceive pouches from 'a trninftrnveling',

4 i dcates cutting blades secured 'to thegio edves which' UNTED STATES PAENT omme- 'JALBERT H Urlnor KANSAS Grrr, MISSOURI.

modified construction'. Fig;

loo l `9 are 1 0-t0, oppositeends of the arm 2, will-by' preference, be equip .with

.'60 abliy -an to are secured to it at their lower and atj empoyed to prevent an una give access to the pouches in said tube, the atter is equipped with a door 7 in 4its outer side any suitable locking appliance being" ut orized person obtaining access to the pouches. 8 indicates a U-shaped'niail crane 'arranged horizontally with its bridge portion secured rigidly 1n any suitable manner to arm 2, or

thegbridge portion of said frame may extend' downward as' shown in Fig. 4, and be secured to the ground. In either event the crane bears a iixed relation to tube 1, and at thefrecl en dls1 )f=its d equi wi ars -9 exten a rnateqgparallel with the trackw e bars Lui ped' with vertically-alined bolts w i are-tied'strngs 11 attached to mail pouches 12.` Each a cranelof the character shown and.. escribed,

. 13 in'dicates an'iail car, provided as shown '1n 1 and 2 with the usual. door opemn" with an t midway its length, andA equi arc-shaped-tubefl in the same. mental plne-as the 'mouth of4 the arm 2.l Secured to said tube at its 'iii-'- ner endend concave sidef is a pairZofVl such side,"s aid1catch native-position. A -by azsimilaibraclgt 21 fastened to the same the ear is adapted to yield to the. other arm of 'the bracketwhen the tube is r as -shown by- -the around x'ilount'ed ivotally at such points on brackets -side wall of d behind" id tube in inoperativeposition, it beingib- Shaped'brac'lrets 16 with their apices formi which tube; :1-5 turns' an 8. d1 toandwtilili tlheiar. 1 in 'eatesa yi y epressed ca pivotally the br'ackety19 fastened to the, adjacent side wall'o'f the car near the door o g of being .di ai@ matieally'xnoveupward o ut' .the a'th..of the outermost arm-o fthe'yfsh when thetube 15 is swungoutward through the ad'aeent openin E, and then drop-down beliin said arm to ock thetube in s uchopsimilar catch .20 carried s "-wholl `withiii the da Fig. 1 and ithen drop down ortie bucket iq lock the it is esired tube'lnward` or outward the operativeca the bracket The b uiferalranged the car to ive the impact of the mail pouches caught by tubel and directed bythe latter into the car,uis constructed as fo lows: 22 is a' ver# tica 'vid with hooks 23 at its upper end, detachaging hangs? 24l secured to the car, race saidtheir upper ends detachably hangs" rs 26 carried -by' the car; At suitable points horizontal arms, isl

' proxi'4 `shown in said fgu station, tube is atv the -and easily disposed' 4the strings outer ends of. its". arms .f

to adjust hlc l i8 or 20 is pushed upward out of the path of elongated' rectangular frame pro me, inclined braces 25 -th the 'fraiie ishpgoided with uip :wit u er s ri 28 v car in a lderpilate 29. By ugs J ry g will lbe seen that when shoot through tube 15, the plate 29 which offers a yie dingresistance so that neither the p ouches northeir contents shall be'injured, t e pouchesof course dro the I niil 'pouc 'es uponthe Hoor after impact withv e u er plate.

en thecaris travelin inthe direction 'indicated by the'arrow a, l. 1, {he tulbe 15 re ative y as and' buffer will be dispose -'Ii i the e'verit'that the op site side of the trackway the positions lg'er arei xevi1shed. In IPPQr W P1"o dooerf'lasshown andalsoof hange brackets*nearY each 4so'tliat th'e tube and bu'erfeanbe quickly for-operation with a craneateithensidezof thetrackway.' tube15 is so cross bars 27 strike 'the buffer o theI tube 15 and ract'ice the` car will with lduplicate sets.

rs 23: and-24 and latches' 18 and 20- ference-j tolFig.' 1 it arranged .uns it wi'ii pass be?.

plane of: the mail pouchesfcarried-bysaid crane and at su'ch lend is -w'itli ..ut'A

4foi-m, locades so 'that inpassing, said 'cutting' blades 15l shalljcut '11 above and' belQW the' i'io'uches 12, the latter of course shooting'suoessively through the tube 'an appreciableextent..

mfjthe outerf-e'iid 15 and' of such'f'proporus'gf,

tween 'the receiving 4end 'dissi-ms 2,f-and the upper fand lower arms of tranGgS, I will be.

readilyseen by, reference to 1, 2 and 8. 31 .in icatesbarsfprojecting rearward from the outer ends'fthe armsjof 'crane 30 und braced fromsaid arms by'bra'ces 32 and povided with yebolts 38 to'f which cords 34 are attached, verticall alined supporting between them ma' pouches 85, in such posivtion that said pouches shall 'enter the mouth of the opposing tube 'arm-2 asthe'car' the latter, the 'cords S4-bei fsevered by eng nient with the cutting lades 4 of said Inpractice tlie arefipreferably so arranged that shall' simultaneo y enter? tubes 15 and arms 2 =as'. hyso do' thesupportin'g cords of both craneswll 'cut atthe same time, and e texchange ,of pouches-'be Asimultaneously effected, it vb eing'obi'rious of f'course that the car-may 'receive' pouches from the station t crane 'without4 delivering other pass be-f th'spouch'es 12 and' pouches 35 .tubethe.

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i crane may-receive pouches from the car withtion shown .ingl

inter. osed 'sprin cham rs is p'rovulcd with a discharge open. -ing 41 in the lower side ofthe tube 'to' -erniit out delivering other pouches to the car.

Referrin now to'the modified construclluy Sheet 3, it will be noticed that the door openings of the mail car are at onel end thereof. 36 indicates a tube arranged horizontally and transverselyI of and adapted to be -secured in any suita )le manner, not shown, to the end wall of' the car. .'37 is a stationary partition secured centrally in said tube so as todivide the. same into two oppositelyfopening'chambers 38, and fitting slidin cach chamber 38 is a buffer plate 89, ield pressed away from partition 37 by mail pouches after striking'-thc bu ers,'to

fall-downthroug'h the adjacent 'opening 41 vupon the floor of thc car.

42 indicates a curved tube hinged as ,at 45% to tube 36 at citherend of the latter desired and of such proportion as to project slightly into /saidtube 36 when dis oscd in operative position as shown in fullines Fig. T, inwhich sition'tibe 42 is4 adapted to receive' mail rom a station crane. 'the'said tlbe 42"being also equipped with a pouch-carrying crane 44 of precisely -the same construction by-preference as the craml described in "connection with tube 15. When tube 42 is not in use it can be swung inwardly into thecar until its normally outer cud 'strikes tube 36, any suitable fastening devices not shown being employed to secure tube 42 in its operative or inoperative position.

.When a pouch is vaught'b the tube 42 it passes through the latter ani strikes ,a einst the opposing butter 39 asexplained an then drops down u on the floor of the rar, the curvature of t ue tube tending to check. the

speed of thi` pouch so that the impact of theA ossihle,

butter shall be reduced as much as thebutl'er yieldingaf course to gua injury to the pouch or itiicontents.-

This apparatus is capable of accommodating any7 number of inail pouches desired, as they are delivered and received individually or' one at a timc,withoutregard to number.- From the above: description-it will be apparent that the tubes are so formed that they receive only a smallfraction Voftheimpact against with which the pouches eventually strike the batters, it being 'noted in this connection that 'the buffer-Ris preferably perforated so as to facilitate the escapcfrom the tub(` of water Awhich might cuter it and thus` avoid any possibility of the mail pouches or their-contents being injured by water. It will be further noted that bv the usel of the cuttin blades the cords ortheir uivalents used or securing the pouches to t e cranes are cut so as to permit the pouches to pass s 40, and each of said 'catching and deliverin 'the car will be accommodated, that is to say,

the parts will be so proportioned that the pouches will always enter their respective tubes irrespective of the swaying of the car.- It will be al parent of conrse,lthat the car crane may e adapted for movement and `adjustment independent'of the tube instead of being carried directly by the latter.

Fromy the above description it will be apparent that -I have produced a mail pouch apparatus, 'ase'ss ing tlie features of a vanta as desirable. and I Wishl it to jt'iuderstood .that I reserve the right to make all changes in the form, proportion,(let.ail construction and organization'of the varts fallin within the spirit and scope of t e appende claims. Ilaviug thus described th invention what enumerated into the tubes with but little'ar onthe lathes A I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

l.' A mail pouch 'tlelveringand receiving apparatus, comprising a station Atube and a inail-car tube, t e latter facin'gfin the direction of travelofthe cafr and the lformer in the o p'osite direction, and a p'air of horizontally-arranged U -shaped frames. one movable with the car andrelated ltoits tube and the other located at the station and re lated to its tulle; one tube and the related frame being capable of passage between the arms of the other 'frame aiid the arms of the frame related to said last-named tube being ca )able of passage between the airins'of said, ot er frame andthe tube related thereto.

2. A-niail pouch'delivering and' receiving-'- the opposite direction` a pair of horizom.

tally-arranged Ufshapcd frames. om movable with the car andmelated to its tube and theotlielocated at the-'station and related bein capable of passage between the arms of t e other. frame and" the hrrpsof the frame related to saidlastnamed tube being 'ca able of paesaggi between the arras ofsard ot er ainc an'dtliefv tube related thereto, "and flexible meanssumiortcd from thelup per and lower arms of each. otsaid 'frames for carrying mail imuchesinhne with. the

tub'e related to the other. 4

3. A mail pouch delivering and receiving apparatus, vom )rising a stationl tube 'and a inail -c'ar tube, tie latter acing m the direcdus to its' tube: one' tube andilerelatcd frame` beiner frame related tos'aid last-named tube bein ca able of passa e between the arms of sai ot er frame an the tube related thereto, 'flexible means su'plported from the upper and lower arms of 'eac 1 of-said `frames for carrying' mail ouehe's in line-with the tube related tot e other frame, and means at the upper andlowe'rls'ideeof the receiving end ,each tube, for severing the exible mail- .pouch-.carryin'g means in its path. i

4. A mail jpouch deliveriug'and receivingapparatus, com vrising .a station tube -and a mail-cartube tlie .latter'facing-in the direction of tray of thetar` and theformerin the opposite dilQQtiQlivl apair of horizon-4 tally-arraned'U-shaped `frames, onev movable wit vvt eca'r andrelatedto its tube. and

the other at .,t he' statiou and related to its ,'tube'onejube and .the related-frame vbeing capa le of'passagebetween the arms of th-'oth f rarn'e and the arms: of lthe frame relatedrltp said last-named tube bein capa-bleef pal efbetweenthe'arms ofsai other frame'i `af ,the tube related thereto,

' tendinbars-Secured tothe.

' ai' ,frameaanda-series l -the-.upper'-and .lower aid frame' for .cm-ying ixj'e withitlle'tu'be related to .ch delivering and receiving. -iSin'gC-fa Statlqn tube and a 'e latter ,facingf-in the direc- "fable ,wxtll'it' 'e ligand related to its tube and 'the dtlierfloat-ed -at 4the'station and related e tube'and the related frame being; rnpgbof/passage between the arms- .'of the other 'frame'and the arms of the jfram' related tothe said last-named tube `being capablefof assage between the arms of the said other rame and :the tube related thereto, und' yieldngly closed doors for the receiving ends-of sald'tubes adapted to open inwardly under -the impact of a'mal pouch as it entere"said-tube.V-

6. muil-'Pouch delivering and receiving tiono'f'travel of the car and the -former in the opposite direction, apuir of -horizontallyarranged U- shaped frames, one movable with'the car and related to its tube, and the other located at the 'station and related iof thefot .being 'of 'form its tube, onetube and-the related frame b esi; ing ca able of passage,.bet ween the arms of the ot er frame and thearms of the :frame related to` the last-named'tube bein l capable ofpassage between the arms-f t e other frame and the tube' related thereto, ande-a 70 buffer in the Acar to receive the impactof` each mail ouch .discharged into the car by 1 the tube t ereof. i 7; A mail-pouch delivering and receiving` apparatus, comprising aV statxon'tube'and'ia 75 mail-car tube, t e latterffacingpinthe'direction 'of travel of .thecarxandzth'vformeri the oppositedirection, apair ofhori zontally-arran ed 'U-'shaped frames, onef movable with t e car and related toits tube'- ands the otherloctejd at the station' and relatedj toits .tubejo' e'tube and :the related 4frame..- being capab efof',-passag'e1 be'twe mV thegarms' mbe' Projected' :fl'll 'ftll positionlf I 9. A mail-weie apparatus,' coili 'mail-'ear'. .t x ,t e 'latter tion- 1f-.travel of .the the Oprosite .direc'ti second bend ltfelflly and 'the'path of the car tube '11.- Amail pouch delivering and "receiving 125 l apparatus, co' a station; tulbltvaftindI a l` mail-car .'tube,'t e latter facing 1n the d1re c` tion of travel of the car and the former 1n 'being of semen-m' on. nndLhdrizontally-,-

the opposite drecion; said stationtube controllin access to the i11te1i0rof said tube. compnsing a' verticigl ortion terminating at, above sal buffer. 10 its u per end in a.,I oubleelbow arm, the In tezilmony whexof I aix my signature,

first. end 0f lthe elbow being upwardly and in the mesence of two witnesses. 5,toward the path of the car-tube and the ALBERT H'UPI.

.second bend laterally and toward the`puth "tnesses: y of the car-tube,`a buffer within and at the L. B. WHEmu'm, lowerl end of the station tube, und a door G. Y. THORPE. 

